The 2014 constitution sets up a president and parliament.[6] The president is elected to a four-year term and may serve 2 terms.[6] The parliament may impeach the president.[6] Under the constitution, there is a guarantee of equality between the sexes and an absolute freedom of belief, but Islam is the state religion.[6] The military retains the ability to appoint the national Minister of Defense for the next 8 years.[6] Under the constitution, political parties may not be based on "religion, race, gender or geography";[6] the law regarding Egyptian political parties that regulated the 2011-2012 parliamentary elections included a similar clause prohibiting religious parties, though it was not enforced.[8] The document guarantees an absolute freedom of expression that is subject to broad exceptions.[9]